Chapter 353: Opening a New Battlefield III

The C-141 strategic transport plane is one million dollars each, and the C-5 strategic transport plane is fifty million dollars each, and this price is simply the purchase of scrap steel, but the US government has not reacted excessively to this, and the more things it gives, it is not so resistant, and it is a big deal to order another batch. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It doesn't matter if the C-141 strategic transport aircraft is one million dollars, at most it is retired early, the Air Force has decided to completely eliminate this batch of aircraft in five years, and the other party wants to buy the remaining batch back, and it is estimated that it wants to disassemble parts and repair the previous 100 at any time, so as to increase the service life. However, the C-5 strategic transport aircraft is only given 50 million US dollars each, which seems to be a bit excessive, and if it is sold to the outside world, it will cost at least 300 million US dollars each! The CIA director said.

"What you are talking about is whether the price of the new aircraft is good or not, the earliest batch of our C-5 strategic transport planes in service has been in service for 28 years, and the purchase price of 50 million US dollars, in fact, we are not at a loss."

"Russia has begun to manufacture its own An-124 strategic transport aircraft, our current C-5 strategic transport aircraft is too long, the fuselage is slowly aging, and new aircraft are needed to support the strategic transport mission, C-17 has only produced more than 30 units so far, far from meeting the requirements of the Air Force, I propose to reopen the production line and order at least 200 aircraft!" said the commander of the Air Force.

The consistent style of the US military is to like the new and hate the old, and a new equipment must be updated after a few years of use, so that the scientific and technological content and deterrence of the US army can be maintained, and then there is the wealth and wealth, and the weapons and equipment in the inventory can scare people to death, and the numbers are astonishingly terrifying, but unfortunately, the more time passes, the more backward these weapons and equipment become, and they slowly lose their value, and it is time to deal with them.

"The Golden Triangle International Security Company has offered to sell them those stockpiles of weapons, equipment and parts at low prices, such as our mothballed M1 main battle tanks for $2,000 each, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles for $500,000 each, and 10,000 Humvees for $3,000 each."

"The Spruance-class destroyer, one gives 50 million US dollars, the USS America aircraft carrier, you can give 100 million US dollars, transport ships, catamaran reconnaissance ships, dock landing ships, all these mothballed naval vessels."

"In addition, there are A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft, two million dollars each, and more can be negotiated, armed helicopters and transport helicopters, Apache, Cobra, Black Hawk, Sea Hawk, etc., depending on the service life and situation." said the Minister of Defense.

The bigwigs still didn't react much, the M1A1 Abrams main battle tank, which is the earliest model without depleted uranium armor, costs only four million dollars, and the United States now has more than 7,000 units, but most of them are in warehouses.

The more than 800 vehicles equipped with the Golden Triangle International Security Company belong to the upgraded version of the M1A2 type, and the price has reached more than $7 million because of the installation of depleted uranium armor and upgraded systems and electronic equipment.

The cost of each M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle is about $1.5 million, the purchase price has just reached 60 percent, and the number of stocks exceeds 8,000 units.

Another example is the Humvee off-road vehicle, the US military now has 140,000 units, and is making plans to retire them, and the army is ready to open them to private individuals, which is not worth much. Fifty-one Perry-class frigates were built, and thirty-four Spruance-class destroyers were built, all of which were to be decommissioned within five years.

For these big figures in the United States, these weapons and equipment really don't have much weight, and if the old ones don't go to the new, they can't come to the new, and if they can get rid of these burdens, they can continue to get appropriations from Congress to make new equipment, which is a happy thing.

The problem now is that the Golden Triangle International Security Company will definitely not use it for its own use when it buys so many weapons and equipment, and their equipment can go to war with a medium-sized country, and it is estimated that it will be refurbished and then sold at a high price, which is the ultimate goal.

"A Perry-class frigate that has been in service for more than 20 years, this company dares to sell it to Vietnam for 140 million US dollars, and it is really ruthless to do business! In fact, the number of arms we export occupies the first place in the world, but there is really not much profit on these stocks of weapons and equipment, and most NATO countries are developing their own new equipment, and we are unwilling to buy what we can afford to buy, and we are not willing to give away for nothing if we can't afford it. The Secretary of the Navy spoke.

The United States is the world's largest arms exporter, what to maintain world peace, maintain regional stability and prosperity, who believes in this kind of reason, who is stupid, but the Golden Triangle International Security Company really does not have much money to make in the inventory of equipment, and selling 10 main battle tanks is not as profitable as selling a set of air defense missiles!

For example, Japan and South Korea, Middle Eastern countries, Australia and European countries either develop their own military industrial systems, or buy the latest equipment with the highest technological content, and they don't look down on second-hand goods at all, and most of them are developing their own.

Those African countries, South American countries, and Southeast Asian countries that cannot afford to buy not only buy small quantities, but also have to sell half and give half away, but India, a big wronged person, likes Russian weapons and equipment, for example, carrier-based aircraft are made in Russia, and in the eyes of the US Government, this kind of transaction is no different from being brain-dead.

The armored torrent composed of hundreds of main battle tanks, hundreds of infantry fighting vehicles, and dozens of self-propelled howitzers, combined with fighter planes and helicopter gunships, made the leaders of the armed forces of the Kurdish Autonomous Region despair.

"Mr. Masood, if you don't make a decision, according to our previous statement, the mercenaries will strike in twelve hours, and now the countdown has begun, I hope you will grasp the last twelve hours." Marcas came to Erbil again.

"Why did the Iraqi government and your mercenaries refuse to give our Kuerds a way to live, and insisted on driving us out of their homes, what did we do wrong?" Massoud said as he roared at Marcus.

"It is the dream of the vast majority of Kurds to form a country that belongs entirely to the Kurds, and countless generations have worked hard to achieve this, but to no avail. Without our support, this would have been just a dream, and now we have given you hope for the establishment of a nation, but you are engaged in infighting here! ”

"Look at your autonomous region, there are gunfire everywhere and killing everywhere, not to mention the tragic deaths of the victims, and thousands of people are homeless, and what is even more odious is that you have brutally killed more than 200 soldiers of the Iraqi government army, they are innocent, and actions like yours deserve to die!" Marcus said with a sneer.